Securing computer (rsync, vnc and web site)

[Daniel Sobey]

On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 04:40 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote:
> --- On Sat, 26/6/10, Morgan Storey <me at morganstorey.com> wrote:
>         I agree with tunnelling VNC and rsync over SSH. Some other
>         ideas; you could also tunnel the web interface over ssh, but
>         it is not always do-able. You could also look at using https
>         with ssl/tls on the Apache install and use certificate based
>         authentication with a password still on the site.
> do you know of an CA ( certificate authority ) that dose NOT charge
> like a wounded bull :)
> 
> 

http://www.startssl.com/?app=1

I have not done much about researching but it does appear to be no cost.

There is also http://www.cacert.org/ but this would require you to add
them as a ca in your browser manually.

There is nothing wrong with a self signed ssl certificate so you could
just do that for personal use.